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Friday, May 24, 1946
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The Headlines
COAL PACT OFFERED TO MINERS BY KRUG; Lewis Weighs Proposal Which Calls for Health Fund, but Not Sole UMW Rule KRUG OFFERS PACT TO THE COAL MINERS Public Opinion Is Feared
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
The Gypsy
The Ink Spots
#1 at the box office
Do You Love Me
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Bob Dylan (1941)
- Queen Victoria (1819)
- Joseph Brodsky (1940)
- Mikhail Sholokhov (1905)
- Jean-Paul Marat (1743)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
Mobile Car Phones, Tupperware & Bikini.
Cost of Living (1940)
Loaf of Bread
$0.08
Gallon of Gas
$0.18
Average Home
$2,938
New Car
$850
Meanwhile
- Post-WWII Expansion — The 'Golden Age' of capitalism begins.
Time Elapsed
29,233 days ago
(80 years, 33 days)